Adjustable wrench and tool.



P. MWBMIETTI. ADJUSTABLE WRENOH AND TOOL.

APILIOATION FILED JUNE 20, 1908. x I

\Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

WITNESSES H I IINVENTOR.

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00., WASHINGTON. n. c. v

1 N D STA S'i ATENT OFF C EaUEI'TAv-sasmfi, oi s'iti'sisgielrfi iiiiiiili, 6F b N li-iiourt'iii To F. P. FELlZ', r or SALINAS, CALIFORNIA.

Aiiihlirliili Aivb No.911,629-. Specification oflhett'ers Patent. Matthias, ieoe.

Applicationmeav'un'e 2o, i908. Serial No. 439,492.

To'all whom aaayft'onc'mi l lpon the shank A, the latter being made .Beit known that I, PAUL'TAYERNETTI', rectangular. ashere shown to provide a citizen of th'e Unit'ed States, residing at steady and even movement. I Salinas, in the county of Monterey'andStat'e "The slide 3 has an extension 9, which is 5 of California, have'invented new and useful screwthreaded, and passes through ahouso Improvements in Adjustable Wrenches and ing 10 which is carriedupon the main handle Too1s',of whichthefollowing is a'specification', b'arA', and by means of 'a milled turnable nut invention relates to a tool which is 12the screw shank, and the parts connected especially designed tobe used as awrenclnas therewith, may be advanced or retracted 10 a pinceraor forceps, or f or belt or pipe out with relation to the handle A. Thus the 65 ter, and for like purposes. j shank f5 having been fixed by the pin 7, It consists infaicombination of parts, and passing through a hole in it so that the jaws infiletail'slof' 0 struetion which will be more 2 and4, are separated to nearly the desired 3. .7. @XP?! 15 Panyifl idimri g .1 n.wli rfl .v t fi ur is tea-melee "'dij d'byfrefe'rence to the accorndistance, the minor adjustment nlay be i O -IQ .11 5" T e "dev' ice in 'clu' I made by turnin'gthe nut 12, and advancing 7o ble wrench'and the slide 13; which carries the handle '13 and ts, until the exact adjustment having any'suita e when. W. My whlchis ion '13 is ance thatit 0 ..,,.,,.;l H J. this member isgthe jawof a wrench. It may wiu ailow' the p'n jto'bewithdrawn so as to also be the "one member of a .p'peor bolt change the position of the shank 5. I This cutting tool, or of a forceps or gripping elasticarm 8 is bolted 'orotherwisesecured to 5 articles. The other member Bis ent at the thehandle B. ,7 .80 inner end, and is pivoted tr ful'cru'med to the With the device thus constructed, it slide 3 as shown at 11, so that when the jaws be seen that when the proper adjustment has are separated, or closed toward each other, been made of jaws, shown at 2 and 4, the dethe movement of B is about the fulcrum 11, vice will serve as a wrench, by simply main- 0 and the angle or bend, will have a forward taining the handles A and B in a closed osis5 and back movement. 4 is a second member tion. After the proper-adjustment has een of the tool; either a wrench jaw, a cutting made for the wrench, the outer ends of the. blade of a pipe or bolt cutter, or the jaw of a handles may be held together by links, or a gripping too This jaw 4 has a shank 5, chain with a turnbuckle 13, or other tightenwhich extends through the upper part of the ing connection, so that the jaws are rigid 9o jaw 2, and is slidable therein; the jaw 2 formwhile being used in this manner. ing a guide to steady the movements of this If it is desired to use the device as a forceps shank. The shank is perforated with a to grip and hold articles, it is onl necessary number of holes 6, and any one of these holes to open the jaws by separating t 1e handles,

40 may receive a pin 7, which also passes then closing the handles to grip the article. through the bend or an le of the lever arm B, It will be understood that the jaws 2 and In practice, there will e provided sufiicient 4 may be made in any suitable form for such lost motion in the sliding and pivoted parts a purpose, without changing the mechanism of the tool, to make said arts operative. It of the operative part.

45 will thus be seen that w en the handles are If it is desired to use the device for cutting separated, the handle B pivoting upon the bolts, pipe or like material, it will only be pin 11, will move the jaw or tool member 4 necessary to substitute cutting jaws for the outwardly, thus opening the space between solid ones, and the o eration will be similar. the two members. When the handles are The jaws being close u on the pipe or bolt,

50 closed together, the jaws will be caused to the attachment 13 will old them, while the approach each other so as to grip the article device is moved to cause the cutters'to travel between them, with such force as may be around the article to be cut, and by turning desired. 1 the turnbuckle, as the cut (progresses, the

The pivot in'11 connects the end of the jaws will be gradually close until the cut 55 handle B wiflia slide 3 which is movable has been completed.

it will also be apparent that when the pin 7 is fixed in any one of the holes 6 of the shank 5, that there will be a free movement of this shank 5 and the handle A when the other handle B is opened or closed about the pivot pins 7 and 11. 7

Having thus described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. An implement of the character described, having in combination, a handle with a jaw at one end, a shank parallel with said handle and having a jaw at one end to coact with the first-named jaw, a slide mounted on the handle, a second handle having one end substantially bent at rightan gles, said bent-end and a portion of the handle being forked so that the members thereof straddle said shank and the slide, means pivotally securing the bent-end of the second handle to said slide, means for adjusting the slide on the first-named handle, and detent means on the second handle engaging said shank and moving the jaw thereof relative to the companion jaw.

2. In an implement of the character described, the combination with a handle hav ing a jaw at one end, a slide mounted on said handle, means for operating said slide, a second handle having its inner end bent substantially at right-angles and forked so as to straddle the slide, said bent-end being pivotally secured to the slide, a shank slidably mounted in said jaw, and extending rearwardly between the forks of the second 91 ess handle, said shank having a jaw on its outer end, and means connecting said shank with the angle of the second handle whereby when said second handle is operated, the jaws are moved one relative to the other.

3. In an implement of the character de scribed, the combination of a handle having a jaw at one end, a housing carried by said handle, a slide embracing said handle and movably mounted thereon, said slide hav ing a threaded extension passing through said housing, a nut in the housing engaging the threaded portion of said extension where by the slide is adj ustably mounted, a second handle having its front end forked and novided with a right-angled portion which straddles said guide, a shank extending through the jaw of said handle and between the forks of the second handle, said shank having a jaw on its outer end, and a spring plate carried by the second handle having a transversely extending pin operating through the forked-portion thereof contiguous to the handle of the bent front end thereof, and engaging said shank whereby the latter and its jaw are reciprocated by the opening and closing of the second handle.

n testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PAUL TAVERNETTI.

Witnesses:

Tnos. RnNIsoN, JOHN OLSEN. 

